OCHA Situation Report No. 4
Mexico - Hurricane Juliette
28 September 2001


This message is not an official hurricane warning or alert for any
country.

1.  The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 1500 GMT, 28
September 2001, the center of hurricane Juliette was located near latitude
23.3 north, longitude 111.0 west, or about 75 miles (120 km)
west-northwest of Cabo San Lucas. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph
(120 km/hr) with higher gusts.

2.  Juliette is moving toward the north at near 3mph (6km/hr). A slow
track toward the north-northwest, roughly parallel to the southwest coast
of Baja California, is expected during the next 24 hours.

3.  Hurricane Warning remains in effect along the west coast of the Baja
California from Cabo San Lazaro southward, and along the east coast of
Baja California from Los Burros southward.

Tropical Storm Warning is in effect along the west coast of Baja
California north of Cabo San Lazaro to Punta Abreojos, along the east
coast of Baja California from north of Los Burros northward to Santa
Rosalia, and on the Mexican mainland coast from Mazatlan northward to
Yavaros.


Situation

4.  So far, the following States on the mainland have been affected by
heavy rains:  Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero and, in the south-east; Michoacán,
Colima, Jalisco, Sinaloa and Zacatenas in the center-west.

5.  Media report five persons dead and, in the southwestern state of
Michoacán, some 1,000 people homeless.


National response

6.  The National System for Civil Protection (SINAPROC) continues alerting
the population living in vulnerable areas about the possible rising of the
level of rivers and landslides.

7.  The Mexican authorities, including the Army, have been sending
transport and rescue aircraft, medical teams and emergency supplies.

8.  For further information, please refer to the website of the National
Hurricane Service in Miami at www.nhc.noaa.gov, and
www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/Gif/atl.latest.gif.

9.  This situation report, together with further information on ongoing
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int

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Telephone: +41-22-91712 34
Fax: +41-22-917 00 23
E-mail: ochagva@un.org

In case of emergency only: Tel. +41-22-917 20 10

Desk Officers (OCHA Response Coordination Branch):
  Mr. E. Haegglund / Ms. M. Kondo
  Direct Tel. +41-22-917 32 99/1997

Press contact:
  (GVA)  Ms. Elizabeth Byrs, direct Tel. +41-22-917 26 56
  (NYC)  Ms. Phyllis Lee, direct Tel. +1-212-963 48 32


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